Not to imply that this means much, but the fact remains that I have to rely on forum members to even remind me that anti-semitism still exists at all, let alone that it is rising.
From where I stand, stereotyping Muslims looks like is a much greater concern - all the more so because such stereotypes may well be called justified quite often.
To me "quite often" is a problem. There have been attempts to find how what percentage of Muslims support terrorism and counter-arguments that the polling is inherently a problem. There have been polls that state that 12% of Muslims support terrorism under certain circumstances and other polls which purport to show it's not that high a number if you consider the attitudes of non Muslims
Muslim opinion and the myth of 'tacit support' for terrorism - Counterfire - note the 9% of non Muslims versus another poll showing 12% of Muslims
This looks very much like a matter of unrepresentative sample, though. I don't think Christians are noticeably worse than Muslims in this regard. They are just somewhat easier to meet and a bit more outspoken in our direct personal experience.
Muslims do indeed want to covert others to Islam and are in fact enjoined to do it just as Christians are supposed to spread the faith. But I was thinking of the many Christian missionaries who travel to as organized groups to spread Christianity. I specifically used
"Rice Christian" because too often in the past at least the implicit bargain was that someone would be fed if they adopted Christianity. Actually thinking about this some more, the terrorists are doing worse in the areas they control but the vast majority of Muslims and the vast majority of Christians don't engage in such heinous acts.
Excuse me, what do you mean here? You seem to have forgotten the core points you had to express.
I was responding to your comment about the territorial desires of various religions.
Of course. Everyone wants to live in peace. Alas, far too often that becomes an attempted justification for all sorts of abuses and shames.
The problem as I see it is that some don't want to live in peace but instead want to kill and destroy others. A few decades ago Communists in Cambodia killed millions of their own people. There were some terrible atrocities in Africa that had nothing to do with religion. Now we have a small number relative to the world's population that are doing the same thing in the name of Islam violating what the Quran itself says and thus are apostates in fact.
From what I know of all three doctrines, there are particularly difficult challenges in the attempt of being a non-supremacist Muslim, to a degree that is not all that comparable to those of a Christian or a practicioner of Judaism.
If you have evidence to the contrary, by all means tell me about it.
The biggest evidence is the lives of the 5-12 million Muslim Americans. The overwhelming majority are doing just fine living here including in some cases being elected to public office. And if you look at the history of Spain, Muslims lived at peace after the Christians took over until the Christians ethnically cleansed them. So this is nothing new.
You can find different opinions but this is supported by various web sites that discuss the question with the basic principle that a Muslim must guard against having his or her faith weakened and be allow to practice Islam - the 5 pillars of professing the faith, prayer 5 times a day, fasting during Ramadan, giving alms and making the pilgrimage to Mecca if able. There are of course other aspects that I would ascribe to practicing the faith such as being able to study the Quran, dressing modestly, observing dietary restrictions and avoiding as far as possible getting involved with interest-based banking. But the Muslims here at RF would be in a better position than I as a non-Muslim to say what practicing Islam means to them.
Muslims Living in Non-Muslim Lands
Migration to Non-Muslim Countries | A Code of Practice For Muslims in the West | Books on Islam and Muslims | Al-Islam.org Are Muslims allowed to live in non-Muslim countries? [Archive] - sunniforum.com - a resource for the propagation of authentic Islamic teachings says:
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“If it be the case that a Muslim is capable of professing and manifesting his/her faith in the land of the non-Muslims, then that has become for him/her his/her Dar al Islam. His residing in that land is more favorable than his leaving from it given that it is desirable that others enter into Islam beside him/her.”
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I thought the Protocols were widely exposed as malicious frauds?
They are. I used them as an example of the bigotry that exists today toward Jews. If someone opened a topic on Judaism paralleling the one on Islam, such accusations could be brought to the table. My background is Jewish and thus I'm very sensitive to prejudice based on religion (and everything else).
Every religion has scripture that can be interpreted in both positive and negative ways. If someone asserts, for example, that the negative interpretation of Islam is too common today. And that it is especially a problem is the situation in the Middle East where the prior amity of various peoples living together has broken down with barbarous acts that to me is based on fact.
